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    Santiago guides his flock throughout the fields of Andalusia. He finds an old abandoned church and churchyard where he and his flock can spend the night. He sleeps on the stone floor using his book as a pillow. He anticipates his approach the Andalusian village where‚ one year prior‚ he met a merchant’s daughter. Santiago and his flock approach the town. He has been herding this flock for two years. He often reflects about what he has learned from his sheep and what they have learned from him. He

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    reader with many unanswered questions. However‚ the one question that leaves readers in suspense is one that questions Santiago Nasar’s innocence. Santiago Nasar is a young‚ handsome and wealthy man. He is also known to be a womanizer who will sleep with any women if the chance arises. These are some arguments in favor of Santiago Nasar being Angela Vicario’s perpetrator.” Santiago went about alone‚ just like his father‚ nipping the bud of any wayward virgin that would begin showing up in those woods”

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    mistakes to make the right choices at the appropriate time. In the Alchemist Santiago deals with a great amount of challenges‚ difficulties and tests throughout his quest to obtain his Personal Legend and his treasure‚ even though things weren’t going how he expected. There were many obstacles in Santiago’s journey towards completing his Personal Legend‚ but only three of them were key to unlock the path to his treasure. Santiago learns the value of hard work when he works at the crystal merchant shop

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    face-to-face‚ no excuses. In the novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ an old fisherman named Santiago witnesses a life filled of courage in the face of defeat. In a small village near Havana‚ Cuba‚ and in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico‚ is where the triumphant man deals with the biggest opponent in his lifetime. As a relentless fisherman willing to take chances‚ Santiago relied on his indomitable spirit to face inevitable battles with himself and the outside world. At first‚ the

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    Alchemist is that everyone should pursue their dreams. In the story The Alchemist‚ Santiago starts off as a shepherd not aware of his dream or purpose in life then gets told by a wise old king to search for his treasure‚ goes on an adventure of his life and realizes what his true purpose was. The book “The Alchemist” starts off in a small town in the middle of the desert with a shepherd named Santiago. Santiago lived a quiet simple life tending to his sheep‚ unaware of his dreams‚ aspirations‚

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    marlin‚ for example‚ represents strength‚ beauty and the last challenge we all go though. The lions in his dreams resemble youth‚ freedom‚ and also strength. Santiago‚ the old man‚ symbolizes Christ in many ways and other people and things symbolize different things like the young boy‚ Manolin. Manolin‚ the young boy‚ that followed Santiago was not fishing with the old man because his parents forced him to‚ actually he was told to stay away form the old man because he was bad luck‚ but because he

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    5/10. Plot summary Santiago‚ the protagonist‚ grows up with poor parents who struggled their whole lives to send him to seminary. But Santiago has a strong desire to travel the world‚ and so his father gives him three ancient Spanish coins to buy a flock of sheep. As a shepherd‚ he spends several years traveling the countryside of Andalusia in southern Spain‚ enjoying the care-free and adventurous life of a wanderer. As the story begins‚ we learn that a year ago Santiago met the beautiful daughter

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    On the other hand‚ Santiago always learn something new from his surroundings and enjoy the process even if it was not as smooth as he thought it would be. In addition‚ he was not conscious of his circumstance at first. However‚ by analyzing Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist it will became clear‚ that Santiago become more aware of his surroundings as the book progressed through his experiences in the first‚ middle‚ and last part of the book. At the beginning of the book‚ Santiago was unaware of his

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    importance of travel in our lives and in our pursuit of our dreams through Santiago’s quest. Santiago‚ the main character‚ had been having a reoccurring dream that prompted him to seek spiritual assistance from a Gypsy. The Gypsy had interpreted his reoccurring dream as being apart of the ‘Language of the World’‚ where he has to travel to the Pyramids in order to discover the treasure that will make him a rich man. Santiago decides to go forward with pursing his personal legend of discovering the treasure

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    In When I Was Puerto Rican‚ sometimes responsibility isn’t chosen but given. The reason for this is because Esmeralda’s mother has been giving Esmeralda‚ as the oldest‚ pressure in responsibilities and the mindset of maturity too early on. She has grown accustomed to responsibilities but yet it has been too much for her to handle on her own as stated on page 181 “When I came home‚ I had wrapped myself in responsibilities mom was about to drop on me. It felt heavy‚ too big for me.” Negi from when

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